A struggling trio of Mexicans went head to head against another consistent United States performance where the Americans once again found the nine early and often. A full house of nines saw the USA up 54-50 after the first end as Mexico were outside the gold rings on three shots. A single eight in the United States' fifth shot only gave them an extra two point advantage after the second end as their opponents found the bullseye but cancelled it out with a seven.
Mexico pulled themselves up to a competing level with just one eight, but this time their ten was matched by the USA leaving the scores 161-155 with one end remaining. It was too much to ask for Mexico as they returned to their inconsistent shooting. For their part the USA finished with another five nines to claim the bronze medals.
| MEXICO | UNITED STATES | |||||||||||||||
| End | Arrows | Score | End | Arrows | Score | |||||||||||
| 1 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 50 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 54 | |
| 2 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 51 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 53 | |
| 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 54 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 54 | |
| 4 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 52 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 53 | |
| Total | 207 | Total | 214 | |||||||||||||
Korea vs Taipei
After an all North American match it was time to turn attention to the all Asian final. Korea stumbled out of the blocks with a six on the very first arrow. A seven and two eights would also score in the opening end and not even their ten could save them, leaving Taipei up 54-48 as they hit all gold except a lone seven on the final shot.
Korea pulled themselves together after that poor end and edged the Taipei archers in the second to claw back a point. Another high-scoring end from Taipei however left little doubt as to which way this match would go, Korea able to tie 55-55 with three tens but that still left them staring down a 162-157 scoreline.
Taipei extended their lead by another two points after three arrows in the final end and, obviously feeling relaxed, proceeded to end the match with a hat trick of tens becoming Olympic gold medalists.
| KOREA | TAIPEI | |||||||||||||||
| End | Arrows | Score | End | Arrows | Score | |||||||||||
| 1 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 48 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 54 | |
| 2 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 54 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 53 | |
| 3 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 55 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 55 | |
| 4 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 54 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 57 | |
| Total | 211 | Total | 219 | |||||||||||||
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